Creighton Law student wins best oralist award at regional moot court competition
CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF LAW — Creighton’s team, consisting of brief writer/student coach Gregory (Scott) Skocy, and oralists Adaline Baker, Kaitlin Logan-Wimmer, Chris McMahon and Sapphire Andersen, had a very successful competition, advancing to the regional quarter finals. Additionally, Kaitlin Logan-Wimmer won a best oralist award.
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DREXEL UNIVERSITY THOMAS R. KLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — A new book by Professor David S. Cohen and UCSF sociologist Carole Joffe describes the many ways a woman seeking an abortion is burdened by the state, government and society, from the moment she finds out she’s pregnant to the moment of the procedure – if she…
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DREXEL UNIVERSITY THOMAS R. KLINE SCHOOL OF LAW — John Cannan, research and instructional services librarian at Drexel University’s Kline School of Law, was awarded the first LexisNexis Research Grant of 2020, receiving $2,730 for a study titled “The New Orthodoxy: How Congress Passes Laws Now.”
Read More about Drexel Law professor John Cannan awarded LexisNexis Research Grant on Congressional legislative processDuke Law dean Kerry Abrams discusses importance of diversity in education leadership
DUKE TODAY — Today, women make up roughly 62 percent of the education, legal, community service, media and arts industries, and 73 percent of health practioner and technical occupations. At Duke, women comprise 66 percent of the workforce. To commemorate Women’s History Month, here are some reflections from Duke women in leadership.
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DUKE LAW — Four Duke Law students were among 56 from the nation’s leading law schools to explore the future of public and private international law through the Salzburg Cutler Fellows Program, held Feb. 20 to 22 in Washington, D.C.
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DUKE LAW — Duke Law professor Brandon Garrett has been appointed independent monitor for a landmark bail reform settlement in Texas that could become a national model for cash bail reform. Garrett will monitor implementation of bail reform in the nation’s third-largest county in a seven-year project involving research teams at Duke, Texas A&M University, and the University of…
Read More about Duke Law professor Brandon Garrett appointed independent monitor for bail reform settlement in TexasFormer solicitor general Walter Dellinger selected as keynote speaker for Duke Law graduation
DUKE LAW –Walter Dellinger, a renowned Supreme Court advocate who served as solicitor general and assistant attorney general in the Clinton administration and has been a member of the Duke Law School faculty since 1969, will address the class of 2020 at their graduation convocation on May 9.
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JACKSONVILLE DAILY RECORD — Florida Coastal School of Law President and Dean Peter Goplerud notified students, faculty and staff Feb. 28 that the American Bar Association found the school in compliance with standards that ensure law schools are financially sound, a requirement for accreditation.
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FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY LAW — At the 2020 Inaugural Eleventh Judicial Circuit Black History Month Program, Professor H.T. Smith, founding director of the FIU College of Law Trial Advocacy Program, honored the life and career of pioneer judge and civil rights activist Judge John David Johnson, and commemorated Judge Johnson’s legacy with the unveiling of a bronze bust…
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FORDHAM LAW NEWS — Fordham Law welcomed a delegation of more than 60 legal professionals from Brazil from February 24-26, 2020, as part of the International Judicial Research and Training Program run by the Office of International and Non-J.D. Programs. The visitors included judges, prosecutors, and attorneys.
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